Original Instructions
Indigenous Teachings for a Sustainable Future
Published on 27. February 2008
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Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-59143-079-7 (ISBN)
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Indigenous leaders and other visionaries suggest solutions to today’s global crisis
• Original Instructions are ancient ways of living from the heart of humanity within the heart of nature
• Explores the convergence of indigenous and contemporary science and the re-indigenization of the world’s peoples
• Includes authoritative indigenous voices, including John Mohawk and Winona LaDuke
For millennia the world’s indigenous peoples have acted as guardians of the web of life for the next seven generations. They’ve successfully managed complex reciprocal relationships between biological and cultural diversity. Awareness of indigenous knowledge is reemerging at the eleventh hour to help avert global ecological and social collapse. Indigenous cultural wisdom shows us how to live in peace--with the earth and one another.
Original Instructions evokes the rich indigenous storytelling tradition in this collection of presentations gathered from the annual Bioneers conference. It depicts how the world’s native leaders and scholars are safeguarding the original instructions, reminding us about gratitude, kinship, and a reverence for community and creation. Included are more than 20 contemporary indigenous leaders--such as Chief Oren Lyons, John Mohawk, Winona LaDuke, and John Trudell. These beautiful, wise voices remind us where hope lies.
• Original Instructions are ancient ways of living from the heart of humanity within the heart of nature
• Explores the convergence of indigenous and contemporary science and the re-indigenization of the world’s peoples
• Includes authoritative indigenous voices, including John Mohawk and Winona LaDuke
For millennia the world’s indigenous peoples have acted as guardians of the web of life for the next seven generations. They’ve successfully managed complex reciprocal relationships between biological and cultural diversity. Awareness of indigenous knowledge is reemerging at the eleventh hour to help avert global ecological and social collapse. Indigenous cultural wisdom shows us how to live in peace--with the earth and one another.
Original Instructions evokes the rich indigenous storytelling tradition in this collection of presentations gathered from the annual Bioneers conference. It depicts how the world’s native leaders and scholars are safeguarding the original instructions, reminding us about gratitude, kinship, and a reverence for community and creation. Included are more than 20 contemporary indigenous leaders--such as Chief Oren Lyons, John Mohawk, Winona LaDuke, and John Trudell. These beautiful, wise voices remind us where hope lies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Rochester, VT
United States
Publishing group
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Height: 228 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
599 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59143-079-7 (9781591430797)
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Melissa K. Nelson, Ph.D., is an ecologist, writer, educator, and social activist whose work is dedicated to indigenous revitalization and cross-cultural reconciliation. She is a professor of American Indian studies at San Francisco State University and president of The Cultural Conservancy, a nonprofit indigenous rights organization. She also coproduced the award-winning documentary short film The Salt Song Trail: Bringing Creation Back Together. She is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Content
Acknowledgments
About Bioneers
Bioneers and Editor’s Statement on Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights
Preface: Remembering the Original Instructions
Kenny Ausubel
Introduction: Lighting the Sun of Our Future--How These Teachings Can Provide Illumination
Melissa K. Nelson
Part One
UNCOVERING THE ECO-SPIRITUAL
VALUES OF THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS
1 Listening to Natural Law
Chief Oren Lyons
2 First Nations Survival and the Future of the Earth
Rebecca Adamson
3 Acoma Coexistence and Continuance
Petuuche Gilbert
4 Ethics from the Land: Traditional Protocols and the Maintenance of Peace
Marlowe Sam
5 Indigenous Knowledge as the Basis for Our Future
Priscilla Settee
6 Clear Thinking: A Positive Solitary View of Nature
John Mohawk
Part Two
INDIGENOUS DEMOCRACIES
7 The Iroquois Confederacy
John Mohawk
8 A Democracy Based on Peace
Chief Oren Lyons
9 An Okanagan Worldview of Society
Jeannette Armstrong
10 Peace Technologies from the San Bushmen of Africa
Megan Biesele, Kxao =Oma., and /’Angn!ao /’Un
Part Three
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF KINSHIP
11 Where Is the Holy Land?
Leslie Gray
12 Restoring Indigenous History and Culture to Nature
Dennis Martinez, Enrique Salmón, and Melissa K. Nelson
13 Protecting Water Quality and Religious Freedom at the Isleta Pueblo
Verna Williamson-Teller
14 The Art of Thriving in Place
John Mohawk
Part Four
INDIGENOUS FEMININE POWER:
IN HONOR OF SKY WOMAN
15 She Is Us: Thought Woman and the Sustainability of Worship
Paula Gunn Allen
16 Ethiopian Women: From Passive Resources to Active Citizens
Bogaletch Gebre
17 Powerful Like a River: Reweaving the Web of Our Lives in Defense of Environmental and Reproductive Justice
Katsi Cook
Part Five
YOU ARE WHERE YOU EAT:
NATIVE FOODS AND
TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE
18 From the First to the Last Bite: Learning from the Food Knowledge of Our Ancestors
John Mohawk
19 Re-Indigenizing Our Bodies and Minds through Native Foods
Melissa K. Nelson
20 Dancing for the Apus: Andean Food and Farming
Julio Valladolid Rivera
21 On the Importance of Our Connection to Food
Jacquelyn Ross
22 Protecting the Culture and Genetics of Wild Rice
Winona LaDuke
23 Cultural Change, Climate Change, and the Future of Civilization
John Mohawk
Part Six
DECOLONIZATION AND GLOBAL INDIGENOUS
STRUGGLES FOR JUSTICE
24 Protecting the Web of Life: Indigenous Knowledge and Biojustice
Tom Goldtooth
25 Return of the Ancient Council Ways: Indigenous Survival in Chiapas
Ohki Siminé Forest
26 Front Line of Resistance: Indigenous Peoples and Energy Development
Clayton Thomas-Muller
27 Speaking for the Voiceless
Richard DeerTrack
Part Seven
RE-INDIGENIZATION
28 Re-Indigenization Defined
Greg Cajete, John Mohawk, and Julio Valladolid Rivera
29 El Poder de la Palabra/The Power of the Word: Toward a Nahuatl/Mestizo Consciousness
Francisco X. Alarcón
30 Mending the Split-Head Society with Trickster Consciousness
Melissa K. Nelson
31 Re-Nativization in North and South America
Tirso Gonzales
32 Taro Roots Run Deep: Hawaiian Restoration of Sacred Foods and Communities
Mark Paikuli-Stride, Eric Enos, and Nalani Minton
33 The Power of Being a Human Being
John Trudell
Indigenous Resources
Notes
Bibliography
Contributors
About Bioneers
Bioneers and Editor’s Statement on Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights
Preface: Remembering the Original Instructions
Kenny Ausubel
Introduction: Lighting the Sun of Our Future--How These Teachings Can Provide Illumination
Melissa K. Nelson
Part One
UNCOVERING THE ECO-SPIRITUAL
VALUES OF THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS
1 Listening to Natural Law
Chief Oren Lyons
2 First Nations Survival and the Future of the Earth
Rebecca Adamson
3 Acoma Coexistence and Continuance
Petuuche Gilbert
4 Ethics from the Land: Traditional Protocols and the Maintenance of Peace
Marlowe Sam
5 Indigenous Knowledge as the Basis for Our Future
Priscilla Settee
6 Clear Thinking: A Positive Solitary View of Nature
John Mohawk
Part Two
INDIGENOUS DEMOCRACIES
7 The Iroquois Confederacy
John Mohawk
8 A Democracy Based on Peace
Chief Oren Lyons
9 An Okanagan Worldview of Society
Jeannette Armstrong
10 Peace Technologies from the San Bushmen of Africa
Megan Biesele, Kxao =Oma., and /’Angn!ao /’Un
Part Three
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF KINSHIP
11 Where Is the Holy Land?
Leslie Gray
12 Restoring Indigenous History and Culture to Nature
Dennis Martinez, Enrique Salmón, and Melissa K. Nelson
13 Protecting Water Quality and Religious Freedom at the Isleta Pueblo
Verna Williamson-Teller
14 The Art of Thriving in Place
John Mohawk
Part Four
INDIGENOUS FEMININE POWER:
IN HONOR OF SKY WOMAN
15 She Is Us: Thought Woman and the Sustainability of Worship
Paula Gunn Allen
16 Ethiopian Women: From Passive Resources to Active Citizens
Bogaletch Gebre
17 Powerful Like a River: Reweaving the Web of Our Lives in Defense of Environmental and Reproductive Justice
Katsi Cook
Part Five
YOU ARE WHERE YOU EAT:
NATIVE FOODS AND
TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE
18 From the First to the Last Bite: Learning from the Food Knowledge of Our Ancestors
John Mohawk
19 Re-Indigenizing Our Bodies and Minds through Native Foods
Melissa K. Nelson
20 Dancing for the Apus: Andean Food and Farming
Julio Valladolid Rivera
21 On the Importance of Our Connection to Food
Jacquelyn Ross
22 Protecting the Culture and Genetics of Wild Rice
Winona LaDuke
23 Cultural Change, Climate Change, and the Future of Civilization
John Mohawk
Part Six
DECOLONIZATION AND GLOBAL INDIGENOUS
STRUGGLES FOR JUSTICE
24 Protecting the Web of Life: Indigenous Knowledge and Biojustice
Tom Goldtooth
25 Return of the Ancient Council Ways: Indigenous Survival in Chiapas
Ohki Siminé Forest
26 Front Line of Resistance: Indigenous Peoples and Energy Development
Clayton Thomas-Muller
27 Speaking for the Voiceless
Richard DeerTrack
Part Seven
RE-INDIGENIZATION
28 Re-Indigenization Defined
Greg Cajete, John Mohawk, and Julio Valladolid Rivera
29 El Poder de la Palabra/The Power of the Word: Toward a Nahuatl/Mestizo Consciousness
Francisco X. Alarcón
30 Mending the Split-Head Society with Trickster Consciousness
Melissa K. Nelson
31 Re-Nativization in North and South America
Tirso Gonzales
32 Taro Roots Run Deep: Hawaiian Restoration of Sacred Foods and Communities
Mark Paikuli-Stride, Eric Enos, and Nalani Minton
33 The Power of Being a Human Being
John Trudell
Indigenous Resources
Notes
Bibliography
Contributors